An original will of Isabel Baggarly, “of the 16 District of Davidson County and State of Tennessee,” dated March 15, 1890. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baggarly’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court during...

A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. William Mallison and Mrs. George Frazier) on the gym...

A photograph of Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 1264 Third Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The Trinity AME congregation was established in 1890, while the building was erected in 1919. The foundation is concrete. The...

Pictured: A big crowd welcoming the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries at the train station, in Nashville, Tennessee, for the funeral of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns...

Pictured: Dignitaries arriving with President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the funeral service of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician, born in Cedar Hill,...

Pictured: A big crowd welcoming the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries, for the funeral of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S....

Pictured: A big crowd welcoming the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries, for the funeral of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S....

Pictured: The Pallbearers with the casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician, born in Cedar Hill, Robertson County. He displayed a strong early...

Pictured: The Pallbearers with the casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician, born in Cedar Hill, Robertson County. He displayed a strong early...

A typescript copy of an original will of H. C. Bailey, dated August 20, 1890, Weakley County, Tennessee. Certified by C. H. Hilliard, County court clerk for Weakley County, that “the above is a true copy of the will of H. C. Bailey, dec’d” on...

A photograph of Woodland Street Presbyterian Church located at 211 North Eleventh Street in the East Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Woodland Presbyterian Church was organized in 1858 as the First Presbyterian Church of Edgefield...

Pictured: The arrival of the flag-draped casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee via train. President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and others were among the dignitaries. Bryns (July 20,...